I AM DEIRDRE IT'S PATRICK -- FITZPATRICK. [CAPTIONING SPONSORED BY SLEEP TRAIN MATTRESS CENTERS, YOUR TICKET TO A BETTER NIGHT'S SLEEP!] CAPTIONED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE --WWW.NCICAP.ORG-- PREPARE FOR TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK IN THE BAY AREA. TWO OF BART'S UNIONS FAILED TO REACH A CONTRACT AGREEMENT. OFFICIALS ARE URGING COMMUTERS TO LEAVE EARLY AND COME UP WITH DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET AROUND THE CITY. BUT RYAN HICKEY IS LIVE AT CAPITOL CORRIDOR STATION IN SACRAMENTO. MANY OF THEM PICK UP PART IN THE BAY AREA. ANY PICK IT UP IN RICHMOND AND A LOT OF THEM ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THEY WILL GET PAST THAT. WE JUST FOUND OUT FROM CAPITOL CORRIDOR AND AMTRAK, THEY'RE HONORING TICKETS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TICKETS TO SAN FRANCISCO TO CAN--CONTINUING TO EMERYVILLE. BUT THAT STILL BRINGS INTO PLAY THE BAY BRIDGE AND FOLKS ARE BEING TOLD TO CALL THE OFFICE AND SAY YOU WILL LIKELY BE DELAYED EVEN ON THE BUSES BECAUSE IT WILL HAVE TO GO ACROSS THE BAY BRIDGE. THE CONCERN FOR MANY CAPITOL CORRIDOR RIDERS, THEY EXPECT TO SEE MORE PEOPLE ON BOARD THE STRAINS, SPECIALLY PASS THE RICHMOND STATION WHERE THEY EXPECT THE TRAINS TO BE JAMPACKED WITH STANDING ROOM ONLY. I THINK ONCE WE GET TO MARTINEZ, IT WILL PROBABLY BE STANDING ROOM ONLY ON THE AMTRAK TRAIN. PEOPLE WILL TAKE IT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE BART CONNECTION. NOT A BIG DEAL FOR THE SACRAMENTO RIDERS LEAVING THIS MORNING SINCE THEY GET FIRST PICK OF SEATS OUTBOUND, BUT COMING HOME TONIGHT THEY WILL BE GETTING ON LATER ON THE TRAIN AND EXPECT TO BE SOME OF THOSE STANDING ROOM ONLY PASSENGERS UNTIL THEY GET FURTHER EAST. THAT IS A CONCERN FOR THE